Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread

[DrNefario]

I quite often put the monthly deal books on my wishlist and then take the whole month to decide whether to buy them. I bought one at about 10pm on the 31st. And maybe shouldn't have. I'm not doing so well on the "read everything I buy" front, either, and this was yet another fantasy book for the huge pile of unread fantasy books. I probably could have managed without it.

On the other hand, I have only bought 14 books so far, and the most expensive was £2.54. I could afford to be a bit more generous supporting the industry during this crisis.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

On the other hand, I have only bought 14 books so far, and the most expensive was £2.54. I could afford to be a bit more generous supporting the industry during this crisis.

This month or this year?

(And I'm actually serious. There have been months where I've bought more than 14 books by now.)


If this year, that's doing pretty well. I'm up to 32 bought this year, four of them this month. Of the 28 bought Jan-May, I've read all but six, and those six are all books in series where I haven't goy that far in the series yet.

[DrNefario]

Sorry, yes, this year. It's good, but I've only read 30 books, so with my target of reading twice what I buy I'm still only one book from the limit. (I've had an absolute ton of freebies, too, so it's a good thing I'm not worrying about those this year.)

[issybird]

I’ve bought fifteen books this year, although that counts two different translations of War and Peace as one book. I figured it as one book, as I was only going to read it once, although I did some back-and-forthing. And, yay me! I’ve finished. So I’ve caught up through March and am reading my April purchases.

[Fbone]

I purchased three books this year for a total of $10.97 reading just one.

[PurpleStar]

I haven't been reading as much recently so I haven't bought many e-books. Maybe that's the secret!!

[HLS]

I still buy too much but I just deleted 40 cheap or free books out of my library that i know I will never read.

[Tarana]

I haven't bought an ebook for 7 days. It's hard. Great deals, but it has to be part of one of my series or phenomenal. With audiobooks, I have bought none for 7 days also, but did receive 3 free ones.

My audiobook TBR has been inching up because I've been relistening to two series in anticipation of new books being released. Almost done, so I have a chance of meeting my lower TBR goal yet before the end of the year.

[DNSB]

So far in 2020, I've added ~200 ebooks to my collection including 19 for the first week of June. Some of those have been Baen bundle and Grantville Gazette purchases while others have been filling out my F&SF collection. Sadly, only 8 books in my calibre library don't have a Finished tag.

[PurpleStar]

Originally Posted by DNSB

So far in 2020, I've added ~200 ebooks to my collection including 19 for the first week of June. Some of those have been Baen bundle and Grantville Gazette purchases while others have been filling out my F&SF collection. Sadly, only 8 books in my calibre library don't have a Finished tag.

Wow! That would take me like 4 or 5 years to read.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by DNSB

So far in 2020, I've added ~200 ebooks to my collection including 19 for the first week of June. Some of those have been Baen bundle and Grantville Gazette purchases while others have been filling out my F&SF collection. Sadly, only 8 books in my calibre library don't have a Finished tag.

If your TBR is at 8, you clearly do not have a problem with buying too many ebooks.

[DrNefario]

They got me with their stupid offer. Or, I should say, I allowed myself to be got by their stupid offer. I bought four books for just under £10, which with yesterday's Daily Deal purchase was enough to qualify for the £3 credit, putting me substantially behind my target for the first time all year. And I still need to spend the credit in the next month. I did stick to long-term wishlist books that didn't look like they were ever going to get a sale, but I think I'm going to have to raise my game.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I did stick to long-term wishlist books that didn't look like they were ever going to get a sale, but I think I'm going to have to raise my game.

Yep. I’ve used the same rationale on a few promotions lately and as a result I’m going to be playing catchup for a while. I still have to use the $5 credit in my case, but I have to go cold turkey after that: no purchases unless for immediate consumption and an exploding deal.

[pdurrant]

I have chosen not to go for the Amazon deal. I just don't want to spend £10 on books this month unless they're on a really good offer. And £13 of books for £10 just isn't good enough for me.

(I did just buy one in a series I'm collecting, for £0.99 instead of around £4.00. Now that's the kind of discount I'm willing to take!)

[DrNefario]

I am a tiny bit confused now, though. It looks like the last of the four books I bought yesterday was actually free - the credit was earned by the second-to-last book and applied on the last - but by that time I had only spent £9.96, by my reckoning. Weird.